I know I don't share enough of my piggy pics here. If you ever want more pics of my herd and are on facebook its the way to go. I post them there more because it is just one step and to post here it is many. Lazy me. Anyway Roden is in this picture contest. If you wish to help out by voting for him and are on Facebook, go here https://www.facebook.com/666257336734799/photos/a.8750895525 ... pe=1&theater and click like to vote. Also You may enter your own piggy pics in the contest by messaging them to Kevin the Cavy with the pig's name.
The pic of my Roden:

Thanks, y'all. I went through all almost 200 entries so far and voted for a bunch of adorable pics that stood out from the rest. But all pigs are so adorable! The contest goes till the end of the month if anyone else wants to send in pics to Kevin the Cavy.

Ruby was about 5 weeks old when she came home from the rescue with her two adopted sisters. Ruby is below on the right.

She was always a very sweet gal. Very athletic in cage jumping from one level to the next across hayracks and pigs etc. She was the sentry pig, alerting us to munchie time even in the middle of night if she saw me walk by the room. She also chirped. Click on sound cloud link below to hear, she is quiet at first but gets louder about 30 seconds into it.https://soundcloud.com/texcavy/ruby-chirping

She had a habit cleaning other pigs faces and eyes though it was not always welcome attention. She was a petite girl her whole life though and no pig ever got after her much. She was like the baby of the herd.
She was always a sweet cuddly lap pig, giving daddy many kisses and jumping into my hands from him to me when time to go home for veggies.

A year ago she had a huge urethral stone removed and recovered well. More recently she had a huge aggressively growing cancerous lump removed. She did not recover well from this. We lost her about a month ago to her cancer. She was a dear sweet piggy and will be greatly missed. May she popcorn free now and make the Rainbow at the bridge another pig brighter.

After Ruby passed I knew the herd still needed a third gal piggy. I began looking immediately because I didn't want anypig mourning long. I had a few hopefuls of really needy pigs and then things fell through on each of them. Then one just an hour away showed up on Craig'slist. This one turned out to have been well cared for. However it seemed her 12 year old owner was facing an illness and needed a good home for her beloved little baby piggy. She found one. And I am sure this is the right piggy for our home.

Previously Jelly Bean, now named after an exotic Hibiscus liquer from Mexico, Her name is Xaica, pronounced like "Shy-cuh" rhymes with American pronunciation of Micah. She is young. They estimated 8 to 10 months but lookit her, she may be younger and that food bowl is far smaller than most. She sure is a hyper little gal too.

She had a tiff with Tika.
I translated it to human from guinea pig for your convenience:

Tika - Don't touch me.
Xaica - I can touch you right?
Tika - I SAID. DON'T. TOUCH. ME.
Xaica - Can I touch you here?
Tika - no
Xaica - Can I touch you here?
Tika - No.
Xaica - How about here?
Tika - NO!
Xaica - But what about---
Tika - N!!! - O!!! NO! (then Tika chases Xaica away down the ramp or whatever.)
Eventually Xaica got the message, Tika doesn't like to be touched by other pigs.

Tika with a bit of Xaica fur in her mouth.

Do not worry, I am experienced with intros and have even had a case of severe domestic violence between a betrothed couple. (boar was neutered) I am prepared for and am monitoring the transition of Xaica into the herd. One positive, they have not been this lively in some time. Tika is the only one who had any issues and hopefully this will all be worked out in no time.

One more adorable Xaica picture for now.
Actually it was breath she was sticking her nose up about. heheh